JPH11225933A - Mop holder - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a mop holder capable of simply mounting mop without causing a hand dirty and holding the mop firmly at all times against an impact, etc. SOLUTION: This mop holder is provided with a support piece 1 to be inserted into an opening covering part 6 of a mop M and a handle and is provided with a slide body 11 slidable between a biting position where a locking claw 18 bites the opening covering part 6 by a spring 28 and a leaving position where it leaves the opening covering part 6. A cam face 19 pushing and opening the slide body 11 to a leaving side against elastic force of the spring 28 due to the contact of the opening covering part 6 when the support piece 1 is inserted into the opening and covering part 6 is formed on this slide body 11. The locking claw 18 bites the covering part 6 automatically merely by inserting the support piece 1 into the covering part 6 to hold the mop in such a way that it does not drop off.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a mop holder for holding a mop having a bag-shaped or tunnel-shaped opening covering portion formed on an upper surface thereof. The present invention relates to a mop holder having a handle connected to one end in a longitudinal direction, and more particularly to a mop holder suitable for a handy type having a short handle which can be gripped with one hand.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As shown in FIG. 11, this type of mop holder includes a long spatula-like support piece 41 and a handle 42, and a hinge 42 is attached to a base 42a of the handle 42, for example.
The press lever 44 is rotatable around the center of the mop M, and the front end of the press lever 44 presses the surface of the opening covering portion 6 of the mop M. The holding lever 44 is locked in a holding state by a detent mechanism using a spring and a ball (not shown).

When the mop M is mounted, the presser lever 4
4 is lifted in the direction of arrow D against the spring of the detent mechanism or the like, the support piece 41 is inserted into the opening covering portion 6 of the mop M, and then the holding lever 44 is returned, and the holding state is held by the detent mechanism.

[0004]

When the mop M is mounted in the conventional structure shown in FIG.
4 and the operation of inserting the support piece 41 into the opening covering portion 6 of the mop M, and after the insertion, the operation of returning the holding lever 44 and locking it by the detent mechanism is required, and the operation procedure is increased. Also, it is conceivable that the lever 44 opens against the detent mechanism due to impact or the like. In this case, once opened, the lever 44 does not automatically return to the biting state, and the mop comes off or slips off. Or

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The object of the present invention is to make it possible to easily prevent the mop from being removed simply by inserting it into the opening covering portion of the mop, and to keep the mop from being removed even if an impact is applied. It is intended to provide a holder.

[0006]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a mop holder according to the first aspect of the present invention, comprising: a support piece which is inserted into an opening covering portion of a mop to support the mop; A mop holder comprising a handle provided at one end in a vertical direction, a slide body having a locking claw, wherein a locking position at which the locking claw is engaged with the opening covering portion in a state where the support piece is inserted; A slide member slidably provided between a separated position away from the portion and urged to a biting position by an elastic member, wherein the slide member has an opening covering portion when the support piece is inserted into the opening covering portion. Abuts against the elastic force of the elastic member to form a cam surface that pushes the slide body away from the slide member.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the mop holder according to the first aspect, a release button is formed integrally with the slide body, and the release button is slidably exposed on the upper surface of the handle. And

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the mop holder according to the second aspect, the base of the handle is coupled to the support piece in an inclined posture, and the slide body and the release button are tilted in the inclination direction of the base. It is characterized by being slidable along.

[0009]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 10 is an overall perspective view of a mop holder according to the present invention showing a state where a mop is mounted.
The mop holder includes an elongated plate-shaped support piece 1 and the support piece 1.
And a handle 2 formed at one end in the length direction and extending to the opposite side. Hereinafter, the description will be made assuming that the longitudinal direction of the support piece 1 is the front-rear direction and that the front end side of the support piece is the front side as indicated by an arrow in the drawing.

The mop M mounted on the mop holder has a large number of piles 5 planted on the lower surface of an oblong base cloth 4 made of campus ground or the like. A tunnel-shaped opening covering portion 6 having openings 7 at both ends is provided. The support piece 1 is inserted into the opening covering portion 6 from behind, and the mop M is held.

FIG. 2 is a side view, in which the base 2a of the handle 2 is inclined so as to extend rearward and upward with respect to the support piece 1, and the grip 2b is substantially parallel to the support piece 1. Extending. A slit 1 is formed at a joint portion between the root portion 2a and the support piece 1 so as to be opened forward and into which the covering portion 6 is inserted.
3 are formed.

FIG. 1 is a plan view of the mop holder, in which a front end of the support piece 1 is formed in a semicircle so that it can be easily inserted into the covering portion 6, and a release button 16 is provided on the upper surface of the handle root portion 2a. An oval opening 7 is formed so as to be slidably accommodated. In the handle base 2a,
As shown in FIG. 3 of the bottom view, a slide body storage chamber 22 is formed, and the slide body storage chamber 22 has a cover body locking slide body 11 integrally formed on the lower surface of the release button 16 and the like. The guide plate 14 integrally formed on the lower surface of the release button 16 is housed. An opening 8 having a shape corresponding to the slide body storage chamber 22 is also formed in the support piece 1, and a front portion of the opening 8 is a rectangular opening 8 a having a width slightly wider than the left-right width W <b> 1 of the slide body 11. ing.

FIG. 4 is a side view of the slide body 11 alone. The slide body 11 is formed to be inclined upward and rearward, and a round bar-shaped guide is provided at the rear end portion below the guide plate 14. The rod 15 is formed integrally, and the guide rod 15 and the guide plate 14 extend rearward in the same inclination as the slide body 11 and rise rearward. Slide body 1
A plurality of (for example, three) locking claws 18 are provided on the lower surface of the front end portion
Are formed in a saw blade shape, and a guide projection 20 projecting forward and upward is integrally formed at the forefront end of the slide body 11. The rear end surface of each locking claw 18 is formed substantially vertically, but the front end surface 18a is inclined forward and inclined, and the front end surface 18a of the frontmost locking claw 18 extends forward and upward. Thus, a cam surface 19 is formed. A partial spherical concave portion is formed on the upper surface of the release button 16 so that a finger can be placed on the release button 16 and slid upward.

FIG. 5 is a view taken in the direction of the arrow V in FIG. 4. The release button 16 is formed in a circular shape when viewed from above, and the left and right widths of the guide plate 14 are set to the same dimensions as the left and right widths W2 of the release button 16. The rear end is formed in a semicircular shape. On the other hand, the left and right width W1 of the slide body 11 is the left and right width W2 of the release button 16.
Is reduced to about 1/3 to 1/2.

FIG. 6 is an enlarged partial plan view of the handle root portion 2a shown in FIG. 1 with the release button 16 and the like removed, and the rear end of the slide body storage chamber 22 has an opening 7 as shown by a broken line. And a shallow bottom groove 26 for receiving a spring is formed. The front half of the slide body storage chamber 22 forms a narrow slide body slideway 27 by the left and right vertical wall surfaces projecting toward the center of the left and right widths.
Extends forward from the front end of the.

FIG. 7 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken along the line VII-VII of FIG.
Slide body storage chamber 2 formed in handle base 2a
2, the lower surface of the slit 13 and the opening 8 of the support piece 1,
The upper surface of the slide body storage chamber 22 is inclined upward and rearward along the upper surface of the handle root 2a. The slide body 11 is fitted in the slide body slideway 27 as shown in FIG. 9, and is slidable in the directions of arrows A1 and A2 substantially in parallel with the upper surface of the base 2a in FIG. The guide projection 20 at the front end is in sliding contact with the upper surface 22a of the front end portion of the slide body storage chamber 22, the rear upper surface of the guide plate 14 is in sliding contact with the rear end upper surface 22b of the slide body storage chamber 22, and the engaging claw 18 is a slit. 13. Between the rear edge of the slide body 11 and the shallow bottom groove 26,
The coil spring 28 fitted in the guide rod 15 is contracted, and the elastic body of the coil spring 28 urges the slide body 11 to the engagement position shown in FIG. 7 by being brought into contact with the front edge. The shallow groove 26 extends from the opening 8 of the support piece 1 to the upper surface of the slide body storage chamber 22.
8 can be inserted from the bottom side to a predetermined position of the slide body storage chamber 22, and can be stabilized so as not to move at the predetermined position.

FIG. 8 shows a state in which the slide body 11 has moved to the separated position. When the release button 16 is slid in the direction of arrow A2, the slide body 11 is slid in the direction of arrow A2 against the spring 28. And the locking claw 18 is pulled up.

[0018]

[Operation] A method of attaching and detaching a mop will be described. When the mop is mounted, the support piece 1 is inserted from the rear into the opening covering portion 6 of the mop M as shown in FIG. 1, but in the final stroke of the insertion work, as shown in FIG. When the rear end portion is inserted into the slit 13 and the rear end portion of the covering portion 6 comes into contact with the cam surface 19 of the slide body 11, the covering portion 6 is pressed while relatively opening the slide body 11 rearward and upward. Inserted. In addition, since each of the locking claws 18 has a front end surface 18 a in a front-rear shape, the covering portion 6 is inserted to the deepest end of the slit 13 without being caught by the locking claw 18.

By inserting the rear end of the covering portion 6 to the innermost end of the slit 13, the mounting of the mop M is automatically completed. That is, since the slide body 11 is urged in the direction of the arrow A1 by the spring 28, the locking claw 18 automatically engages with the covering portion 6. Further, since the shape of the locking claw 18 is a shape that is easy to insert, even if a force in the pulling direction is applied to the covering portion 6, the displacement of the mop to the front is prevented, and dropping is prevented.

When removing the mop M, the release button 16 is slid in the direction of the arrow A2 with the finger of the hand gripping the handle 2 so that the locking claw 18 is moved from the surface of the opening covering portion 6 as shown in FIG. And remove the mop M.
Then, when the finger is released from the release button 16, the spring 2 is released.
8 automatically returns the slide body 11 to the engagement position in FIG.

[0021]

[Other Embodiments] (1) The shape of the support piece 1 is a long rectangle in FIG. 1, but may be an ellipse. A tension type coil spring or a leaf spring can be used as the elastic member.

[0022]

As described above, according to the present invention, (1) the mop M is inserted into the opening covering portion 6 of the mop M;
And a handle 2 provided at one end of the support piece 1 in the longitudinal direction thereof. A locking claw is provided on the mop opening covering portion 6 in a state where the support piece is inserted by an elastic member such as a spring 28. The slide body 11 is slidably provided between a biting position at which the bite 18 is engaged and a separating position at which the sliding piece 18 is separated.
The cam surface 19 that pushes the slide body 11 toward the release side against the elastic force of the spring 28 by the contact of the opening cover 6.
Is formed, the locking claws 18 can automatically bite into the covering portion 6 only by the operation of inserting the support piece 1 into the covering portion 6 and can be held so as not to fall off. Accordingly, the work of attaching the mop is facilitated, and the hands are not stained by the detergent or the like penetrating the mop.

Since the locking claw 18 is caused to bite the mop using the elastic force of an elastic body such as the spring 28, the biting state by the locking claw 18 is maintained even if the mop holder is impacted. Therefore, the mop M can be always kept in a stable state.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, it is possible to disengage the cover portion 6 and pull out the mop M only by sliding the release button 16, thereby facilitating the removal of the mop. Release button 16 after removal
The slide body 11 automatically returns to the original biting position just by releasing the finger from the, and no extra operation is required.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, since the release button 16 is disposed at the base 2a of the handle 2 extending obliquely with respect to the support piece 1, the release button can be easily pressed by the finger of the hand holding the handle. 16 can be operated, and the release operation is further facilitated.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view of a mop holder to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a view taken in the direction of the arrow II in FIG.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged partial view taken along the arrow III of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a side view of the slide body alone (a view taken in the direction of arrow IV in FIG. 5).
It is.

FIG. 5 is a view taken in the direction of the arrow V in FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is an enlarged plan view of a handle root portion in a state where a slide body and the like are removed.

FIG. 7 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken along the line VII-VII of FIG. 1 showing a state of a biting position.

FIG. 8 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken along the line VII-VII of FIG. 1 showing a state of a separated position.

FIG. 9 is a sectional view taken along line IX-IX of FIG. 7;

FIG. 10 is a perspective view of the mop holder showing a mop mounted state.

FIG. 11 is a perspective view of a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Supporting piece 2 Handle 2a Handle base 7 Button opening 11 Slide body 14 Guide plate 15 Guide rod 16 Release button 18 Locking claw 18a Front end face 19 Cam face 22 Slide body storage chamber 28 Coil spring (elastic body)

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A mop holder comprising a support piece inserted into an opening covering portion of a mop to support the mop, and a handle provided at one end in the length direction of the support piece, wherein the slide body has a locking claw. Wherein the locking piece is slidably provided between an engaging position at which the locking claw is engaged with the opening covering portion in the support piece inserted state and a separating position away from the opening covering portion, and is biased to the engaging position by an elastic member. A cam that pushes the slide body to the release side against the elastic force of the elastic member by contacting the opening cover when the support piece is inserted into the opening cover. A mop holder having a surface formed. 2. The mop holder according to claim 1, wherein
A mop holder, wherein a release button is formed integrally with the slide body, and the release button is slidably exposed on the upper surface of the handle. 3. The mop holder according to claim 2, wherein
Connect the base of the handle to the support piece in an inclined position,
A mop holder, wherein a slide body and a release button are slidable along the inclination direction of the base.